[Fot] Never be beaten by equipment

[Bill Babcock]

Not to worry Mike, start off with the simple investment in Kas' books and READ
THEM. It takes a lot less time than building an engine again. If you do that
and follow the suggestions you'll have an engine that lasts just fine. I pound
the heck out of my engines and even when it was just my ham-handed efforts
they generally lasted for years. Really, there's just a few big rules to
follow:

Adequate piston clearance
Adequate guide clearance
Keep an eye on your cam followers and the entire valve train--including
springs
Don't get too carried away with compression
If you don't have a steel crank and good rods, keep the RPMs below 5500
Don't overheat the car


On Sep 11, 2012, at 10:16 AM, fubog1 wrote:

> I'll try this again, my reply had too much text.
> The manufacturers will call out a recommended clearance, but that's all it
is.
> The operating speed, temperatures, cooling systems etc all are variables.
> Generally the harder it is run, the more clearance it needs.
> Also pistons can scuff during warm-up, under certain conditions, so it's a
> good thing to get it up to temp before flogging it hard.
> Glen
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Moore <mmoore at wave1.net>
> To: 'fubog1' <fubog1 at aol.com>; jhhasty <jhhasty at gdhs.com>; tr4racing
> <tr4racing at googlemail.com>; fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tue, Sep 11, 2012 1:06 pm
> Subject: RE: [Fot] Never be beaten by equipment
>
>
> As an inexperienced newcomer with my TR4 next year, (I never heard of
piston
> skirts scuffing the cylinder liners, at least not in my stock TR4), it
would
> seem to me that we should have the Kastner Cup as the first race of season,
> there may not be many engines running by end of season!
>
> I knew vintage racing would have its share of breakdowns, but you guys are
> scaring the hell out of me!
>
>
> Mike Moore
>
> 62 TR4
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of fubog1
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 11:50 AM
> To: jhhasty at gdhs.com; tr4racing at googlemail.com; fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Never be beaten by equipment
>
> 2.5 is not enough.
> As Chris has said, the wet-liner engines need more.
> I set them to at least 3 1/2 thou.
> Glen
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